right now at 11:00, new details coming to light surrounding the mom accused of throwing alcohol-fueled sex parties for young teenagers in

the south bay. the hearing under way as prosecutors outline the case ahead of her ahead of a possible plea deal. first we want to start with breaking news just coming into our newsroom. the former president of peru surrenders to federal law enforcement in san jose. he is accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes in one of the biggest scandals in latin-american history. this week, a judge denied his motion to stop extradition back to peru. our photographer says he is inside a federal courthouse in san jose right now. he was originally arrested in 2019 but released in 2020 because of the pandemic. he had been under house arrest since then. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez. marcus and laura are off. our top local story now, the mom accused of hosting those wild parties for young teens appearing before a judge today. nbc bay area's pete suratos was in the courtroom as proceedings started this morning.

prosecutors laying out some pretty disturbing details in those allegations. >> reporter: yeah. definitely some disturbing details and emotional statements from some of these victims, kris. the court hearing did just wrap up, and shannon o'connor, who we're talking about here, that so-called party mom from los gatos, she was in court today. now, the district attorney did present some of that witness testimony for the judge to consider when it comes to sentencing o'connor. just some background, she previously pled guilty to dozens of charges, 39 charges all together, and those charges include child endangerment, providing alcohol to minors, as well as sexual battery. but today was all about these witness statements. i want to talk about some of the testimony that we were able to hear. now, you have a deputy d.a. read about four victims' statements. these victims were around 14 years old. they were either freshmen or entering their freshmen year. we heard from a few victims today and their parents.

it painted a picture of these parties, these alcohol-fueled sex parties that she was allegedly putting together that was targeting the friends of her teenage son. these parents talked about how she gained the trust of these parents to allow their kids to go to her home, and at that point those kids were given a heavy amount of alcohol. one kid said he was -- one of the kids was passed out from the alcohol. then another quote from a parent who said her daughter was taught to drink like a rock star to take part in these alleged sex parties. as far as the next steps, on may 5th, the deputy d.a. says the judge will have an informal meeting with the district attorney and the defense attorneys where they will recommend what the sentencing may be for o'connor. then they'll come back on may 16th, and it will be presented to connor during that court hearing that's scheduled for may 16th. live in san jose, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much, pete.

developing now, the clock continues to tick down on the u.s. supreme court's self-imposed deadline. ten hours from now, it will have to decide what to do about those abortion pills. scott mcgrew is watching that decision. the court has to decide to deal with an emergency request for a stay, but remind us, because it's so complicated -- >> it is. i can certainly do that. it started with a texas judge who ruled the abortion drug was banned. now the fda, which is in charge of which drugs are safe and are not, they disagreed with the ruling saying that has to be the central question to this case. does the court have power over us, the fda, to decide what drugs are allowed on the market? can judges overrule medical experts about medicine? the appellate judge said the texas judge was wrong, that he could change fda rules created

decades ago. but the appellate court came up with its own ruling. the courts can change more recent fda decisions that made access to the pill easier, like allowing it to be mailed. now it says the supreme court, which has set a midnight eastern time deadline to make a decision on a biden administration request to suspend all of these rulings, which would allow the pill to continue to be available to women. now, there are three possible rulings on that emergency appeal today. one, the high court could allow the pill to remain on the market until the case is finished in the lower courts. two, they could decide to hear the case themselves. and, three, they could allow the rulings to stand with their new restrictions on abortion pills. there's kind of a fourth option, kris, and that is the court could just change its own deadline. after all, they're the supreme court. >> right. >> there's nobody above them to tell them what to do. >> they set the deadline

themselves. that is a drug not just used for abortions but miscarriage care as well. it's very complicated. california, though, has been very independent saying whatever is happening in other states, we're not -- >> going our own way, but it still affects us because abortion in general would still be available in california, of course, but the new rules that are set in texas on when the pills would be available to women, you know, whether they could be mailed, that would be true here as well because of the supreme court. if the court rules that way. now, when are they going to rule? we expect some time today. they have that midnight eastern time deadline, but we're not sure when. >> 9:00 our time is the latest. >> yeah. >> thank you very much. a live look at the golden gate bridge. you see those tourists taking those pictures because it is mostly clear and it is a gorgeous day. we know the third hour of the "today" show team were in sonoma this weekend. vianey, you're here for kari.

kari got a sunburn out there. >> did she? >> that's how sunny it was. >> good reminder. sunscreen time. although you should always wear sunscreen. >> true. >> sun powers through cloud cover even when it's raining. but we'll have the 80s. >> i like the 80s. >> i told my dog he's going to the beach this weekend because of weather. it's just going to be finally feeling like california around here. we're in the 60s right now in san jose, 67 degrees. check that out at dublin. already bumping up into the 70s. vacaville, 74, san francisco, 60 degrees. to give you an idea of how we've managed to warm up thanks to some high pressure, look at the temperature difference compared to the past 24 hours alone. at about 8 degrees warmer in concord and 9 degrees warmer in livermore. things will get even warmer heading into this weekend and the next couple hours. you can keep the sunshine. i'll tell you what to expect coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you very much, vianey.

happening right now, what's happening on your screen is youth climate activists gathering ahead of earth day. this is a live look from nbc bay area skyranger. these young people are participating in a rally demanding governor gavin newsom take action on our climate in crisis. included in their demands, support for a bill that aims to save pension funds from fossil fuels. group plans to march to the state complex building on mcalester street after the rally in san francisco. also, san francisco's-based lyft plans to cut more than 1,200 jobs, which is about 30% of the workforce. that's according to the "wall street journal." sources tell the paper that this is an effort to cut costs, which the company w was p planning to announunce at a boardrd m meetit week. lyft s so farar not cononfirmin numbmber of layofoffs, but the confirms i in a blogg posost th company p plans to sigignifican reduce t the numbeber of its employees and that they will release more details on

thursday. in a statement, a lyft spokesperson told us, "david has made clear to the company that his focus is on creating a great and affordable experience for ride a improving drivers' earnings. to do so requires we reduce our costs andtructure our company so that our leaders are closer to riders and drivers. this is a hd decision and one we're not making lightly. but the result will be a far stronger, more competitive lyft. lts request a new report says the bay area has the worst performing housing market in the nation. this is from parcel labs. prices have dropped a staggering 24% from their peak last summer, which is double the national average of 10%. analysts say that is partly because people have been moving away, meaning there is more supply than demand, and the co-founder of parcel labs says this has a lot to do with those interest rates.

>> so, if you see indications of mortgage rates coming down, particularly a big decline in interest rates for mortgages, then you can expect home prices to go up over the subsequent two months. >> based on these trends, home buyers could have more leverage to negotiate a good deal as the spring housing market starts to heat up. all right. we are now talking about dove nation, and my apologies for wearing the enemy color. the warriors hardly missing a beat without one of their stars, draymond green. green you know was suspended for one game, and gary payton jr. was out as well. the warriors, though, they roared back to life last night, winning last night's game three, which was critical for the warriors to come back to win the first-round playoff series. steph curry led the way, dropping 37 points, and kevon looney pulled in 20 rebounds as

the warriors won going away. fans were pumped. >> looney! 20 rebounds! >> this is worth coming here. >> we're so happy, and we know we're going to take care of business on sunday. >> the doves got an added boost with e-40 in the house after he was kicked out in game one in sacramento because of a misunderstanding with fans. that's how they're categorizing it. the team has since apologized. sunday's game four is here at home at the chase center sunday afternoon. an unexpected reunion is letting a woman nearing the end of her life know a little bit more about the legacy she will leave behind. the chance meeting allowed a social worker to repay that teacher's kindness decades later. here's garvin thomas. >> reporter: i have a touching story about how an accidental reunion to completed a circle of

kindness. cortez is a hospital social worker for accent care. when he met a new patient, connie, in january, her name sounded familiar. it wasn't until they started talking that pedro, who grew up speaking spanish, realized connie was the teacher who taught him to read english all those years ago. she helped him all those years ago and he helps her near the end of hers. go to nbcbayarea.com/bayareaproud. hundreds of stories about people being good to each other in the bay area. >> it is a really good story. ahead in our midday newscast, decision 2024. we'll show you what analysts say president biden is expected to launch his bid for re-election. and the third hour of the "today" show is taking over the bay area. you see marcus washington and meteorologist kari hall and their trip to wine country. we are moving you forward with our school shout-out

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the field trip for the third hour "today" show team. they traveled to wine country. meteorologist kari hall and marcus washington got to meet up with them for a behind-the-scenes look at their bay area visit. >> well, a fun time had by all in sonoma valley as the third hour of "today" brought friday's show to wine country. the entire team was there -- al roker, sheinelle jones, dylan, al. folks were entertained. the weather and the backdrop amazing out there at st. francis winery. the trip was sponsored by sonoma county tourism. they had viewers invited to experience all that fun up close and personal. >> i literally woke up to an email in my email box in the morning and said, okay, i'm not even waiting, not talking to my husband, i have a 7-month-old, i'm just going to sign up. >> the day wasn't all about wine but also protecting our climate.

st. francis winery is a 380-acre certified sustainable vineyard in sonoma valley as well as russian river valley. we talked to al about the effects of climate change. >> unbelievable amounts of rain, and that's what climate change is doing. it makes violent swings with extreme weather. so it's so important for us to all, you know, really buckle down. >> to get moreehind the scenes and stories lik this, join us on "today in the bay" every monday through friday. laura, kari, mike and i will help you get started with the day. i'm marcus washington. have a great weekend. back to you. let's take a live look at oracle park where the boys of summer return to the field tonight. game two of the giants series against the mets will get under way. the giants are hoping for a victory after they los game one last night. you can catch all of the action right here on nbc bay area starting at 7:00 tonight.

meteorologist vianey arana is here, and you'll say sunscreen today, even though it was chilly at the ballpark last night. >> it will be windy. we know even if it's a nice day, anywhere around the water it gets cold. if you're visiting us or if you're a local, you know you have to take a sweater for the game. here's your forecast. the thing with the wind, it kicks up that windchill factor but in the 60s today. right around 7:15, the wind speeds about 18 miles an hour. we definitely will be seeing those 60s start to dip down into the 50s, eventually into the afternoon. so if you are going to be heading to the game, please plan accordingly for that late-night exit. san jose right now is stunning. look at that. palo alto 70 degrees, 67 in san jose. i talked about the temperature change earlier. as we settle into this warming trend, we've got high pressure. the good news here, it does look

like we're finally going to go into a stretch of dry weather and also much more seasonal. in fact, above seasonal. satellite/radar, you can see just to our north we have a system and we had some shower activity earlier on in the week. that is going to be a factor heading into the weekend or the next couple of days. overnight, we'll see those temperatures dip down into the 50s. but if you notice the trend, notice it will be like a nice mix of sun and clouds, but those clouds are kind of wispy at times. it's 67 in san jose, and we are going to max out in some 80s today. notice morgan hill, 80 degrees, 82 degrees in fairfield, and then around half moon bay, even, it will be about 68 degrees. heading into your saturday forecast, likely going to be one of the warmer days in some spots but also comfortable in the interior. notice san jose is 79 degrees, in through hayward 73, and heading in towards sunday, we are going to see a couple changes. the temperatures will start to cool off a little bit. we have a change in our weather

pattern. won't bring any rain, just a drop of temperatures into the 70s. 70 degrees in san jose and low 60s for half moon bay, which is more seasonable. good news, if you haven't been able to head up to lake tahoe, we've had some snow and couldn't get up there, we'll be in the 50s this weekend, and yes, they have plenty of snow. over 200 of the sierra snow pack. if you plan on heading to coachella, they're expecting 90s in the forecast. through the desert, when it gets warm during the day, cold at night, but good news, any chance of rain stays to the north and we'll settle into california weather for a good stretch of even beach weather for the next receive on the ten days. >> it has been a minute, right? >> finally. >> thanks, vianey. this afternoon, tony-winning actor diggs is sitting down with kelly clarkson to talk about "blindspotting," a sequel to the 2018 movie of the same name.

it's a love letter to his hometown. >> the great thing about doing a tv show is all of a sudden the world gets bigger, doesn't have to focus on two of us. >> yeah. >> we got to create characters. they're all compilations of people we grew up and real events and we get to shoot in oakland, so we get to go all kinds of places that, like, you know, are really special to me growing up. >> that is so cool. what a homecoming. catch him on ""the kelly clarkson show"" at 3:00 this afternoon on nbc bay area. happening now, b.a.r.t. is celebrating a 2023 milestone. the transit agency had its highest ridership of the year on wednesday. more than 174,000 people took b.a.r.t. that day, and b.a.r.t. says it's 42% of its prepandemic ridership but still the highest amount since september. the transit agency's board of directors credits the warmer weather for the uptick. it is expected to be a

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welcome back. if you're looking for something to do this weekend, how about a visit to san jose's japan counter? mike inouye is going to kick off this year's nikkei matsuri festival cha honors japanese customs and traditions. it runs from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 in the afternoon on sunday. some of the world's fastest animals have arrived in the bay area. bob redell shows us the new additions at six flags discovery kingdom. >> we've got angela. we've got jonah. and of course this is -- how

old? >> he's about 5 months old. >> right now he's about 20, 25 pounds. >> correct. >> and he's going to get -- >> probably anywhere up to about 140, 145. >> so you won't be able to do this when he's that big. >> probably not. some nice roughhousing. a little bit of interaction and play there. he'll definitely learn his manners just like you would be training any kind of new puppy or kitten. >> he and five 8-month-old girl cheetahs. >> correct. >> are arriving here at discovery kingdom. >> they came to us from a facility in virginia. >> they'll be on display. what's interesting about him, he's got an injury. >> he does. so, yeah, he was born to a first-time mom, and unfortunately he was the only survivor out of the four cubs. the other three were stillborn and the mom, she just accidentally squished him and caused that injury, but it doesn't inhibit him in his day-to-day life. >> he seems so active.

>> yes. >> obviously the fastest land animal. >> yes. >> 60 to 70 miles an hour? >> up to about 72 miles per hour or so. >> what do you anticipate for him? >> probably anywhere from 50 to 55 miles per hour, so, again, no small feat there. >> the thing that surprised me, my first time being around a cheetah, he feels like a regular cat to me with the obvious exception he's got spots and is much bigger and much more dangerous. but their behaviors are similar. >> yep. they're part of the feline family, so, again, our own domestic pet cats we have, they have those same ambush, predatory behavior sometimes we see in big cats such as this. >> except my cat is not going to take me down. >> exactly. he will be very well trained, but he's always going to be a wild animal and we'll always treat him with that respect. >> respect. >> exactly. >> angela, thank you very much. cal, you're a good boy. oh, what was that?

>> we're just having some fun. >> all right. >> playing with his toy. >> here in vallejo, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> he looks calm and comfortable because there were quite a few people watching that tiny little predator. >> you heard the, whoa. great weather for going to the beach. my rescue pup is going to love the beach. 82 degrees. we cool off a little bit, but can't wait. >> hope you have a wonderful weekend. enjoy that weather. don't forget your sunscreen and water.

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